At the Library of Congress last month, Roberto Díaz was playing on an exceedingly rare viola. What didn’t cross his mind, he says, is just how much the hunk of maple and spruce clutched beneath his ...

Today we bring you the most expensive musical instruments in the world; the finest instruments that famous musicians used to create memorable music throughout the history. When you look at today’s ...

Between Tuesday, May 21, and Monday, May 27, 2019, a viola inscribed with the initials “IA” made its way from a quaint 1880s carriage house in Little Rock’s Quapaw Quarter to the hands of Japan’s ...

At the US Library of Congress in Washington in May, Roberto Díaz was playing on an exceedingly rare viola. What did not cross his mind, he says, is just how much the maple and spruce instrument ...

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Garth Knox was born to play the viola. As a youngster, he already had two sisters who played violin and a brother who played cello. "So for the family string quartet," Knox says, "it was very clear ...

Carlos Tomé became obsessed with going to classical music concerts when he was a young teenager in Madrid learning to play the violin. During the concerts, which he would attend daily, he’d read ...

In May, Roberto Díaz performed at the US Library of Congress using a rare viola made by Antonio Stradivari in 1690. Called the Tuscan-Medici viola, it is now valued at $30 million, possibly the ...

Our ultimate winner of the most expensive instruments in the world is produced by Antonio Stradivari. The heritage of this famous artist is worth billions, with this viola as the most expensive piece.